July 16, 2007
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Objective-Python
Apple sez, of 'Leopard,' AKA Mac OS X 10.5:
To open up the benefits of the Cocoa frameworks to a wider developer audience, Leopard embraces two other highly dynamic languages for use in building Cocoa applications: Ruby and Python. These two languages are an excellent fit for integrating with the Cocoa frameworks, and they both have high quality bridges to Objective-C. These bridges allow you to mix and match Objective-C, Ruby, and Python, allowing you to choose the best tool for the job at hand while using high level Cocoa features such as Key-Value Coding (KVC) and Key-Value Observing (KVO).
They'll be officially supporting python, a programming language I know at least one of my readers is proficient within...
Also, Cocoa Dev Central got a major facelift since last time I looked. It's pretty swell at the moment. For instance, in the Core Data overview, the infographics are so slick they seem to have already been pre-understood by your brain.
And one more Mac thing: Next time you're in the Apple store or whatever, hold down the control key on the keyboard, and then scroll with the mouse scroll wheel. It's the magnifying glass effect, and I find myself using it all the time.
Comments (4)
Is there Leopard en Gaeliege? No, I suppose they should call it "Celtic Tiger"
come on man, dive in.. you know you want to
and oh yeah, the zoom thing... I've got that on Ubuntu with Beryl.. you're right, it's very handy
I give lots of clients with PCs the Microsoft keyboard with the slide zoom. makes a huge difference.
ryc: thanks - thanks for seeing that in the scene.
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